Dalavich Argyll

Monday, 28 June 2010

After a fabulous few weeks at Loch Awe, the rain is back but it's still warm - so ideal Midge weather. It turns out that all theories that the hard winter would reduce midge numbers were wrong. Instead, the midges survived better than their natural predators - bats, etc. - and so there are MORE this year. So here's my midge advice:

1. Buy Jungle Formula but spray it on a hat or neckerchief, not your skin.

2. Put bog myrtle lotion or Avon skin-so-soft on your skin.

3. Wash with Citronella soap: http://www.auravita.com

4. Take a vitamin B table every day, or a baker's yeast tablet, or eat tons of Marmite.

5. If you react badly to bites - just take the anti-histamine tablet daily!